How to Use BRCA in a Sentence

BRCA

noun
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  • Frenzel believes knowing her BRCA status helped save her life.
    — Korin Miller, Woman's Day, 3 Dec. 2020
  • When trying to find my own insurance, BRCA elevated the stakes.
    — Julia Bailen, SPIN, 6 July 2023
  • But after receiving genetic testing for the BRCA gene — the gene linked to a higher chance of developing breast cancer — and any mutations, her breast cancer was detected.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2023
  • Breast cancer is less commonly diagnosed in men, and all men with this diagnosis should consider BRCA testing.
    — Amy Comander Md, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2023
  • Her cancer had gone undetected until BRCA gene testing prompted doctors to do more extensive scans.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Such testing could reveal additional genetic factors, other than BRCA, that might be contributing to a higher risk of breast cancer.
    — TIME, 14 Mar. 2024
  • But having dense breast tissue alone doesn’t clear this benchmark in the absence of other compounding risk factors, such as BRCA gene mutations, or direct family history of breast cancer.
    — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Her project involves studying how non-cancerous tissues taken from patients with a BRCA mutation respond to certain cancer-treatment drugs.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
  • But though breast cancer is associated with women, the BRCA genes are inherited from both biological parents.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 17 July 2023
  • Three months prior, the actress, 43, had a clear mammogram and had recently tested negative for the BRCA gene.
    — Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2024
  • Get informed about genetic testing for breast cancer and get tested for the BRCA (breast cancer gene) and other gene mutations that carry a higher risk for breast cancer.
    — Clare Dougherty, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024

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